1857 1c blue, Type I, good color and fresh, l.h., centered to right, wide margin at left, fine, with 2002 PSE certificate, cat. $2100 (Cat No. 18) (Image)

Cat. $2100, Est.US$500

1857 1c blue, Type III, tied by barred "PAID" pmk on cover with red Boston 20 Jan pmk, addressed to South Boston, with merchant's embossing on backflap, penciled notation on reverse "White collection, Doane 1/16/37", with 1990 APS certificate ("appears to be pos.61L"), fine and scarce cover, cat. $2000 (Cat No. 21) (Image)

Cat. $2000, Est.US$500

1857 3c dull red, horizontal pair, right stamp with vertical plate crack above "T" of "Cents", tied by 1859 Albany N.Y. pmk on advertising cover with printed all-over text, sent to Chestertown, N.Y., backflap faults, fine example of Plate Crack on cover, with 2022 PFC ("genuine, but we have no opinion as to the Plate No. or position") (cracked plates catalogue $250 or $400 off cover) (Cat No. 26) (Image)

Est.US$250

1857 5c brick red, minor perf. flaws at bottom, used in combination with imperforate 10c green, Type III (cut in at bottom and repaired at upper left) on FL used in 1858 from New York to Cognac, France, red April 19 departure, appropriate entry and arrival markings, charged "26" (decimes), filing fold away from the stamps, fine appearance, with 2011 APS certificate (catalogue value for 5c brick red on cover), cat. $1800 (Cat No. 27) (Image)

Cat. $1800, Est.US$250

1857 5c red brown, black and red cancels, well centered, reperforated at right, v.f. appearance, with 2017 PSE certificate, cat. $1100 (Cat No. 28) (Image)

Cat. $1100, Est.US$250

1857 5c Indian Red, used, nice color, perfs partially trimmed away at left, fine appearance of this rare shade, with copy of a 1991 PFC for a strip of three from which this originated, cat. $3500 (Cat No. 28A) (Image)

Cat. $3500, Est.US$300

1857 5c orange brown, heavy h.r., usual centering, minor perf. faults, fine appearance, with 2019 PSE certificate, cat. $1200 (Cat No. 30) (Image)

Cat. $1200, Est.US$250

1857 10c green, Type IV, pos.55L, used, well centered, fresh and fine stamp, with 1994 PFC, cat. $2100 (Cat No. 34) (Image)

Cat. $2100, Est.US$750

1857 10c green, type V, h.r., well centered with wide margins all around, with 1988 PFC and 2006 PSE certificate graded "XF-90" (SMQ $600) (Cat No. 35) (Image)

Est.US$200

1857 24c gray lilac, two horizontal pairs, tied by grids on cover to London, England, red "Boston Br. Pkt. Paid Jun. 26" cds on back, also London arrival, red crayon "76" in crayon, expertly repaired along edges and on left and right stamps, cover with sealed tears, v.f. and scarce quadruple-rate usage, ex Kapiloff, with 2004 PFC (catalogue value $1,600 for four singles) (Cat No. 37) (Image)

Est.US$500

1857 24c gray, tied by grid cancel on cover to England, with Charleston, S.C. Dec 7 1860 departure pmk, red "19" and London 24 Dec 1860 arrival pmks, minor cover faults and missing backflap, fine usage (less than two weeks after this cover was sent, on 20 December 1860, South Carolina seceded from the Union), cat. $1000 (Cat No. 37a) (Image)

Cat. $1000, Est.US$150

1857 24c gray lilac, plate proof on stamp paper, unused without gum, margins all around, v.f., with 2022 PFC (formerly 37a) cat. $1500 (Cat No. 37P5) (Image)

Cat. $1500, Est.US$500

1857 30c orange, h.r., good color, fine, with 2002 PSE certificate, cat. $1900 (Cat No. 38) (Image)

Cat. $1900, Est.US$300

1857 90c blue, hybrid large die proof on india, card mounted, v.f., scarce (Cat No. 39P1) (Image)

Est.US$1,000